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  • What is the difference between Shade Designer, Standard and Pro?

    What is the difference between Shade Designer, Standard and Pro?

    Someone is asking, so we are telling: what is the difference between Shade Designer, Standard and Pro? Here is how to figure out which version is right for you.

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  • Pose vs Motion

    Pose vs Motion

    This last week, I have been intensely involved in localizing Tully Japanese into Tully English. One big challenge in compared with Hanako is that data for posing Tully was originally done as Pose settings rather than Motion settings. Why use Motion files instead of Poser...

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  • The Uncanny Valley and 3D Characters

    The Uncanny Valley and 3D Characters

    Twice this morning I have come across the term Uncanny Valley and it really makes me think about 3D character animation. Since I work with 3D characters almost every day – in Shade or Shade friendly products like Poser, it explains why some characters can...

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  • Shade 7 Downloads Available

    Shade 7 Downloads Available

    If you are a user of the Shade 7 designer LE: Model, Animate, Render book, or you have mislocated your Shade 7 installer disk, there is some good news.  We have located some versions of the full install of Shade 7.2 E, the last released...

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  • Importing Shade into Poser

    Importing Shade into Poser

    I just discovered that the excellent tutorial on working with Shade and Poser is still available on the Smith Micro website. Check out tutorial: Transfering Files from Shade to Poser. This tutorial works with almost every version of Shade since Shade 7 and Poser from...

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